Head of Delivery

• Salary: GBP86,355 - GBP101,589 per annum + GBP5k car allowance
• Job Location: London Bridge
• Hours: 36 per week
• Contract Type: Permanent

We're looking for a forward- thinking Head of Delivery (Construction) for Latimer the Development arm of Clarion Housing Group to provide leadership to the team to ensure it plays its role in achieving our challenging and aspirational targets. As a senior leader in the Development Directorate, you'll manage a Regional Delivery team to deliver multiple projects within the current development programme.

As Head of Delivery (Construction) for Latimer you'll work closely with all Development streams on detailed proposals for new homes, ensuring they meet the objectives of the Growth Strategy, and you'll inform procurement strategies to achieve timely delivery and high quality homes.

We'll look to you to ensure first-rate delivery of new homes with a focus on Safety, Quality, Programme forecasting and a mantra of the "Customer" being first in all we do. You will be a pro-active hands on manager, highly collaborative with experience across the construction industry to enable you to assist the team to manage the development programme across a range of tenures. You'll be responsible for ensuring Health & Safety, that accurate programme reporting information is produced and that the building construction quality is monitored on site so that the new properties are efficiently handed over at the required excellent standard.

Other responsibilities include:

• Manage the delivery of the sales tenure programme to ensure it is delivered to agreed timescales, budget and the required quality standard; and liaise with the Sales Team to assist in ensuring their sales targets are achieved

• Ensure that all internal and external regulatory and compliance requirements are met.

• Build and develop relationships with Developers, JV partners, Contractors, and Consultants, including Employers Agents, Architects, Site Inspectors, Engineers and any other specialists that may be required.

• Working alongside commercial and finance colleagues, undertake financial risk assessments and produce reports for project and board approval.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent, you'll have demonstrable knowledge of the development and delivery processes and a track record in budget management and interpreting complex financial information.

We're seeking professionals who thrive on leading a team of high performing, highly motivated individuals, with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills and a proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences at all levels of an organisation. Enshrining pride in what we do.

If you're a development professional with a clear understanding of constructing new homes for local, regional, national development and growth priorities, and a successful track record in the delivery of new developments, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

Location: Office base is London Bridge or Croydon; however, you'll have the flexibility to work from home, in the office and on site in line with business needs.

What you can expect from us

Here at Clarion we're dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle. As standard we offer;-

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates?

• Initial 25 Days annual leave (plus bank holiday), increasing to 30 days after 3 years' service.

• A flexible benefit scheme tailored to you, inclusive of healthcare options, dental insurance, restaurant card and cycle to work along with 1% of your salary to spend on whichever approved benefit you like!

• Matched pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary with generous life assurance

• Flexible and agile working?for the majority of our employees.

Other perks

• Company Bonus Scheme

• Eye care vouchers

• Holiday trading scheme allowing you to buy and sell leave

• Free counselling and legal advice scheme for you and your family

• Interest free loans for season ticket and study leave

Our commitment to equality and diversity means that we are keen to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, including but not limited to part-time working and job share, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and compassionate leave.

For further details on this vacancy and to download the role profile please visit our website or click 'apply'.

Closing Date: Wednesday 17th January 2024 at midnight.

Applicants must be able to travel across the region as required.